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Hydrodynamical simulations of Pinwheel nebula WR 104

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2011

Astrid Lamberts
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, UMR 5571 CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble, France, email: astrid.lamberts@obs.ujf-grenoble.fr
Sebastien Fromang
Affiliation:
Laboratoire AIM, CEA/DSM-CNRS-Université Paris Diderot, IRFU/Service d'Astrophysique CEA-Saclay F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Guillaume Dubus
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, UMR 5571 CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble, France, email: astrid.lamberts@obs.ujf-grenoble.fr
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Abstract

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Pinwheel Nebulae are colliding wind binaries (CWB) composed of a Wolf-Rayet star and an early-type star. We first compare our simulations to analytic solutions for CWB. Then we perform large scale 2D simulations of the particular system WR 104. We determine the properties of the gas in the winds and confirm the flow in the spiral has a ballistic motion.

Type
Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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